A look at the best news photos from around the world.
August 17, 2020
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Children take part in a greased-pole climbing competition during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the country's independence in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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A farmer throws dates in the air during Unaizah Season for Dates, at Unaizah city in Al-Qassim province, Saudi Arabia.
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A man rides a motorbike during heavy rains in New Delhi, India.
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Director Juergen Scheuermann welcomes students as schools re-open after summer holidays and the lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Karl-Rehbein high school in Hanau, Germany.
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Nepalese army personnel pay tributes to the body of a person who died of COVID-19 before cremating in Kathmandu, Nepa.
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Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 with a banner that reads in Portuguese "Defending the Amazon. Without listening to Indigenous people, there will be no concession and nor grain railway," near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazi.
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A student burns an A-level result during a protest at Parliament Square in London, Britain, Aug. 16, 2020.
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Dark clouds loom over the Hanoi skyline during a heavy downpour, Vietnam.
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A volunteer wearing a costume of Pokemon character Pikachu hugs a child during Children's Day, in Fuerte Apache, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 16, 2020.
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People commute early morning in Tokyo, Japan.
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Students ride to school in a "tap-tap," a vehicled used for public transportation, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Visitors enjoy a sea of sunflowers in full bloom in Yokosuka park near Tokyo, Japan.